10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPISTHODOMOS»
Discover the use of
opisthodomos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
opisthodomos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Temple of Apollo Bassitas: The architecture : illustrations
Capital, Corinthian 10 О Opisthodomos, triglyph-metope 6 CL Column drum,
peristyle 74 backer Cl Coffer, limestone, small 43 P Pronaos, triglyph-metope
backer 6 СО Cavetto 32 Sei Sima, decorated 46 CPorC Coffer, pteromata 335 Sp
Sima, ...
Frederick A. Cooper, 1996
2
The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and Archaeology ...
128);34 other inscriptions inventory the holdings of the opisthodomos, which, if it
was not a separate structure altogether (the rebuilt western half of the Archaios
Neos destroyed by the Persians), would be the back (western) porch of the ...
3
Studies in Attic Epigraphy, History, and Topography: ...
the Treasurers of Athena before their establishment in the Opisthodomos and
which must have been bonded into the foundations of the Propylaia as early as
437.34 But this proves nothing about the date of the Kallias decrees. The original
...
4
Artifact and Artifice: Classical Archaeology and the Ancient ...
... temple down to its foundations. A decree (IG I3 207 14–15), dated prior to ca.
420, mandates the construction of a column “on the acropolis, behind the
opisthodomos [back porch],” and later commentators tell us that the
opisthodomos was ...
5
The Athenian Empire Restored: Epigraphic and Historical Studies
inely be ignorant of their exact value. They had not yet been assembled centrally.
w One good piece of neglected evidence supports this view. It would seem that
by no means all of Athena's funds were in the Opisthodomos in the early 420s.
Harold B. Mattingly, 1996
6
The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present
This remnant may be what is referred to in Classical inscriptions and orations as
the Opisthodomos - surely the most controversial term relating to the history of the
Classical Acropolis. The word "opisthodomos" literally means "the room behind ...
7
Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs in ...
TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS LEUKOPHRYENE Date: first half of the second century
B.C. Shape: rectangular, 8 x 15, pseudodipteral Size: 41.00 x 67.50 m Orientation
: WSW-ENE Order: Ionic Extant Sculpture Screen Wall (Opisthodomos) Frieze: ...
8
Primitive Athens as Described by Thucydides
Polias Tempel,' the west cella is marked 'opisthodom,' 'i. e. opisthodomos or back
chamber. Between these two cellas is a building divided into three chambers,
marked in the plan 'PoseidonErechth(eus)-Tempel.' The middle chamber of the ...
Jane Ellen Harrison, 2014
9
The Influence of Urban Planning on Temple Design in West Greece
west end (opisthodomos depth + west pteron) 9.36 3 2 19/20 - 1/20 (5/100) (3 x
3.1583 = 9.4749) (2.95 x 3.1583 = 9.316985) d. = 0.043015 (c. 0.46 %) pronaos
depth 5.515 3.97 1 1⁄2 1 3⁄4 + 1⁄4 (pronaos depth) + 1.545 (pronaos stylobate) ...
Theresa Marie Grupico, 2008
10
The Life of the Greeks and Romans Described from Antique ...
PSE (TD O-PERIP TEE OSt— TEMPLE 0F AKRA GA S. 2'9 Behind the cells. with
the statue in it, was the opisthodomos, a closed room connected with the cells by
means of two little doors at the northern and southern ends of the intervening ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPISTHODOMOS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
opisthodomos is used in the context of the following news items.
Tomb reveals burial methods of ancient age
The temple contains three chambers, including a pronaos (sacred front chamber), a naos (sacred room) and an opisthodomos (back chamber), ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jan 15»
Zeus' Temple In Olympia Being Fixed
By the end of November,, 2012, the second stage of the reconstruction was finished aiming at presenting the western opisthodomos to the ... «Greek Reporter, Feb 13»
